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S.T. Hondo H565





  
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Official Number 132132


Admiralty Number 16


Gross Tonnage229


Length119 ft


Engine66 hp


Armament1 x 6 pdr AA


Built byCochrane & Son Ltd, Selby, 1912


OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd








		

    History
	



		

    1917

	Built for HL Taylor of Grimsby (GY 701).



1941
Bought by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd.


1943Registration transferred to Hull.
 


November 24 1943Ownership passed into the hands of the Diamond Steam Fishing Co. In 1943 her registration was changed to H 565 and her registered owners was Charleston-Smith Trawlers of Hull. As it was wartime she was sent to Fleetwood to fish from there, under the management of the Boston Deep Sea Fisheries.


The last trace of Hondo was on 24/11/1943 and she was listed as missing on 31/12/1943. The verdict was that she had been lost off Barra Head to unknown causes although heavy seas were thought to have been responsible.



Her skipper was a native of Aberdeen who had sailed from Fleetwood for 22 years and it was his first trip with Hondo. He had survived Dunkirk and had previously skippered Evelyn Rose. His body is believed to be buried on one of the Scottish islands after being washed ashore.
Joseph Croft was 19 years old and was buried at Fleetwood after his body was recovered from the Scotish coast.

The mate had sailed after leaving a sick bed with a bout of flu as he hadn't wished to let his skipper down.
Patrick Wilson, at 16 years old, was the youngest person aboard.
James Hill was a survivor of other wrecks having been sunk three times. He was the only survivor of the Fleetwood vessel Oona Hall when she was run down off the Calf of Mann by an armed merchant cruiser.


Crew
Skipper : John (Jock) Nicholson

Mate : Norman Leach

Cook : Bertie Lees

Deckhand : Joseph Croft

Deckhand : William Cameron

Crewman : Patrick Wilson

Chief Engineer : Herbert Henry Scuffell


Fireman : James Hill

Second Engineer : Sidney Beswick

Deckhand : Frederick Mearns

Cosun : Norman Stirzaker

Crewman : W. Harrison

Crewman : S. Olsen

Crewman : J. Braunberch.